4 Jun 2019

London Mayor Sadiq Khan: Donald Trump ‘poster boy for the far right around the globe’

The Mayor of London has been outspoken in his condemnation of Donald Trump’s visit. 

The Mayor of London has been outspoken in his condemnation of Donald Trump’s visit.

Mr Trump, not one to shy away from confrontation, used his preferred mode of communication, Twitter, to lash out at the London Mayor before he’d even landed in the UK.

The war of words between Sadiq Khan and the President has been long running. Mr Trump described Mr Khan’s response to the London Bridge terror attack as “pathetic”.

Today, the Mayor called the President the “poster boy for the far right around the world”. We asked him why he was picking a fight with Mr Trump.